Jean-Pascal Chappuis

Jean-Pascal Chappuis (1751-1818) was a commander of the French Revolutionary Army's artillery during the Siege of Toulon in the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Jean-Pascal Chappuis was born in 1751 in Auxerre, Burgundy (present-day Yonne Department), in the Kingdom of France. Chappuis enlisted in the French artillery during the American Revolutionary War and was made a captain at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1792, when promotion was rapid. In December 1793 he commanded the French 6-lber foot artillery at the Siege of Toulon, where his 12-man unit withstood several melee attacks from small British infantry regiments of militia. His force provided the edge that the French needed to evict General Charles O'Hara's army from the city, winning the siege for France.